According to a press release issued by TiVo this afternoon, the federal appeals court granted a temporary stay on the injunction against EchoStar.Yesterday, U.S. District Court Judge David Folsom ruled in favor of TiVo, that EchoStar's Dish Network PVRs violated patents held by TiVo. He ordered EchoStar to stop selling those PVRs within 30 days, and to end service to customers who owned existing PVRs.
Lawyers for EchoStar appealed the decision -- and asked the appeals court to block the injunction. According to TiVo's release, that has happened. The block is only in place until the court determines whether the injunction should be stayed throughout the entire appeals process, which could take months, or even years.
The temporary stay does not indicate whether the court is leaning in favor of TiVo or EchoStar, but rather a procedural matter
1. Can they take some of that $90 mil and get me my freaking series 3 unit yet?
Posted at 4:29PM on Aug 18th 2006 by dpratt